Exhibition Details
blueoyster.org.nzBlue Oyster warmly invites you to the opening of 4 HIRE. by Jimmy Ma’ia’i
5:30pm, Friday 21st June
The neighbourhood of Avondale in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is known for being a hub for Pacific peoples and cultures. Jimmy Ma’ia’i lives in the area, and its unique sights, sounds and public life merge as references in his artworks.
Ma’ia’i is interested in Avondale’s inherent contrasts; such as its mix of residential and community spaces with light industry, and its long-standing, working-class Pacific communities with a new, creeping gentrification – a trend which is making the neighbourhood’s housing unaffordable for many Pacific people. Ma’ia’i utilises found objects and synthetic materials that are familiar to his surroundings, yet references to tapa and fa’i acknowledge lineages to artmaking and traditional cultural practices of the South Pacific. These materials also operate as a pointed reference to problems experienced by working-class Pacific people in their day to day life in Aotearoa. Outlining deliberate and rife wage depression amongst industries that employ many Pacific people, and rising housing costs which are gradually displacing Pacific people from neighbourhoods like Avondale house by house, street by street.
Price
- Free - All Welcome
Date
- Fri 21 Jun
Time
- 5:30 pm
Address
- Blue Oyster Art Project Space
- 16 Dowling Street
- Ōtepoti, Dunedin
Blue Oyster warmly invites you to the opening of 4 HIRE. by Jimmy Ma’ia’i
5:30pm, Friday 21st June
The neighbourhood of Avondale in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is known for being a hub for Pacific peoples and cultures. Jimmy Ma’ia’i lives in the area, and its unique sights, sounds and public life merge as references in his artworks.
Ma’ia’i is interested in Avondale’s inherent contrasts; such as its mix of residential and community spaces with light industry, and its long-standing, working-class Pacific communities with a new, creeping gentrification – a trend which is making the neighbourhood’s housing unaffordable for many Pacific people. Ma’ia’i utilises found objects and synthetic materials that are familiar to his surroundings, yet references to tapa and fa’i acknowledge lineages to artmaking and traditional cultural practices of the South Pacific. These materials also operate as a pointed reference to problems experienced by working-class Pacific people in their day to day life in Aotearoa. Outlining deliberate and rife wage depression amongst industries that employ many Pacific people, and rising housing costs which are gradually displacing Pacific people from neighbourhoods like Avondale house by house, street by street.
